Improvement in carpet-rods



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Letters Patent No. 86,714, dated Februa/ry 9, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARPET-RODS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part 'ofthe same.

To all whom "it may concern:

' Be it known that I, HYPPOLITE UHRY, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stair-Rods, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, andin which- Figure 1 represents a face or front view ofone of my improved stair-rods as applied to a stair in fastening down acarpet; and

Figure 2, a horizontal section through the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My improvement is mainly adapted to wooden rods for fastening downcarpets on stairs; and

Said invention consists in a peculiar mode of fast ening, which iseffected by constructing the rod with a hole drilled or formedlongitudinally at its one end, and fitted or provided with a spring,compressible in direction of the length of the rod, for use in concertwith a hook or bent pin, applied as a fixture to the stair, at or nearits one end, the longitudinal h ole in the rod receiving the hook orbent arm of the pin within it on sliding said rod in the one direction,while the other end of the rod, in afterward sliding it in the oppositedirection, is made to lock with a pin or fixture arranged to projectfrom or near the opposite end of the stair.

Referring to the accompanying drawing,

A is a rod made of wood, of any desired length and suitableconfiguration, but preferably of a flat or straight character on itsinside face.

B B are metallic hollow caps secured to the ends of the rod, for givingan ornamental finish to the latter, and for covering or concealing thefastening-attachments by which the rod is held to the stair and againstor on the carpet.

These fastening-attachments consist of two hooks or bent pins, O O,screwed or otherwise made to bite into the stair, at or near its ends,the outer bent ends or arms of said hooks being arranged to face eachother, and the bent end or arm of the one hook being of greater lengththan the arm of the opposite hook.

The rod A has holes a a drilled in it longitudinally at either end, of adiameter to receive freely within them the arms of the hooks.

1n the one of these holes, a, which is designed to receive the'arm ofthe hook G, and which is represented as of greater length than the holea at the opposite end of the rod, is inserted a spiral or other suitablespring, D, compressible in direction of the length of the rod.

To fasten the rod to the stairs on or over the carpet, it is simplynecessary first to pass the hole a over or so as to receive within itthe arm of hook, in doing which the spring D is compressed. The oppositeene of the rod is then adjusted to receive within its holea the arm ofthe opposite hook G, which.

may be efi'ected byreleasing hold on the rod, when the spring D willshoot the rod into lock with said hook, or if the spring be notsuificiently strong for that purpose, by sliding with the hand the rodinto gear with such hook. Thus fastened, the rod is restrained fromend-play, or working loose, by the pressure of the spring D against thearm of the hook O. i

The rod is unfastened by sliding'it toward the hook- G, which actioncompresses the spring D, and allows of the end of the rod that gearswith the hook O to be drawn out or'away from said hook, when the rod mayhe slid to unhitch from the opposite hook.

Instead of the hole a, in the one end of the rod, a projecting plate,constructed to form prongs at its outer extremity, may be rigidlyfastened to said end for lock, with a screw applied as a fixture inplaceo'f the book 0, the pronged or forked'end of the plate, in thesliding of the rod, clipping the shank of the screw in a crosswisedirection to and within its head. This, so far as the fastening at theone end of the rod is concerned, I regard as an equivalent.

From this description it will be seen that the fastening and unfasteningof the rod are effected with ease and dispatch, without bending orstraining it, and that when in place it is secure, both against endplayand getting loose; also, that there is no objectionable complicationabout the device, which may be manufactured at but a trifling cost.

What is here; claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

' The rod A, provided with longitudinal holes a, a, spring D, and hollowornamental ends or caps B, for use in combination with the books 0 0',all constructed and arranged in the manner shown and described.

HYPPOLITE UHRY. Witnesses:

A. LE Guano, A. Emma.

the hook O and. ush the rod up against or toward the shank of said.

